diff --git a/cmd/run.go b/cmd/run.go
index c89f4007..c8f230e9 100644
--- a/cmd/run.go
+++ b/cmd/run.go
@@ -23,18 +23,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-var (
-	globalConfigFile string
-	pluginConfigFile string
-)
-
 var (
 	hooksConfig   = hook.NewHookConfig()
 	DefaultLogger = logging.NewLogger(
 		logging.LoggerConfig{
-			Level:   zerolog.DebugLevel,
+			Level:   zerolog.InfoLevel, // Default log level
 			NoColor: true,
-		})
+		},
+	)
 	pluginRegistry = plugin.NewRegistry(hooksConfig)
 	// Global koanf instance. Using "." as the key path delimiter.
 	globalConfig = koanf.New(".")
@@ -363,12 +359,10 @@ var runCmd = &cobra.Command{
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(runCmd)
 
-	runCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(
-		&globalConfigFile,
+	runCmd.Flags().StringP(
 		"config", "c", "./gatewayd.yaml",
 		"config file (default is ./gatewayd.yaml)")
-	runCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(
-		&pluginConfigFile,
+	runCmd.Flags().StringP(
 		"plugin-config", "p", "./gatewayd_plugins.yaml",
 		"plugin config file (default is ./gatewayd_plugins.yaml)")
 }